Lists in Progress

What I Know

·         Love is real, and the most powerful energy, tool, and philosophy

·         Perspective is personal, and the whole is necessary for Truth – one is weak; many is powerful and closer to truth

·         Gratitude and humility are crucial to a happy life

·         Serving others and operating outside myself make me a happier person

·         Science is not Truth, but it is the pursuit of truth

·         Faith is not Truth, but it is the pursuit of truth

·         Religion is created by humans, and thus is inherently flawed

·         Humans are beautiful – Humans are terrible – Each and every human is both at once – “good” and “bad” are subjective and not definitive

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What I Believe

·         God exists

·         An afterlife exists

·         God is love and operates by love

·         Free will is crucial to God’s plan for us – our personality, our choices, our experiences mean something

·         Christ taught Truth

·         God is actively involved, and inspires and directs humans

·         The only way to move closer to God and heaven is by becoming more one with all humans – moving together, and not building walls

·         People have the capacity to change, and are never beyond that potential to change

·         Scripture is the pursuit of truth; the Book of Mormon (along with many other works) was inspired by God

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What I Hope

·         God is mutually male and female

·         Eternal progress is essential to God’s plan

·         Christ is my Savior, and I have the potential to become more whole as I have faith in Him and His teachings

·         God gives humans part of Her/His power to act and to do good and to build good things (including religion); that power becomes greater the more humans work to attune themselves to it

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